Sage

This weekend is my graduation (finally!) and with graduation, like any big event, the Family is coming... my parents, his parents, his grandmother, his aunt, my brother, my cousin (thank God it isn't everyone I invited!). So, I've been cleaning like a fiend, and in doing so, have been "neutralizing" our house. What does "neutralizing" mean? Well, for us it means putting up the little Buddah statues we have everywhere, taking the sex shop cards off the fridge, taking down the Hindu God pictures and batiks that are in the bedroom, and hiding the sex toys and lingere. In the process of doing this, Martel and I have commented on what a great world it would be if people didn't feel the need to hide parts of their lives from others. Which brings us to the question:

Have you ever had to "neutralize" your house? Who, what, when, why, how?

For us, it's totally no big deal to have Hindu paintings on the wall, but if our parents saw them, they'd probably freak out. Same for the Buddah statues. What's your take on hiding yourself from those that you love?

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